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in the general election, 1917, by increased majority, in the general election of 1921 by acclamation. Taken into the Cabinet under Hon. Chils. Dunning when he formed his Government in April, 1922. Elected as Minister by acclamation. Member of the Union Church. Address, 2100 Rae St., Regina, Sask.

 

MACDONALD: The Honourable Hector Y., Justice of the Court of King's Bench, Saskatchewan. Born at Margaree, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 1876, son of Alexander and Janett MacDonald. Married Mary Jane Gillies, 1908, and has one daughter. Educated at St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie Law School. Articled to Drysdale & MacInnes. Called to the Nova Scotia bar 1903. Practised at Port Hood, Inverness County, also Sydney, N.S. (Ross & MacDonald.) Came to Saskatchewan in 1906, practised in partnership with the Honourable T. H. McGuire, Moosomin, Sask. Came to Regina and was attached to the Attorney-General's Department. City Solicitor for Regina, a member of the firm of MacKenzie, Brown & Co. Appointed to present position March 2nd, 1918. Member of the Assiniboia Club (Regina), Wascana Country Club. Member of the Knights of Columbus. Recreations, motoring, fishing, golf and shooting. Residence, 2303 Rose St., Regina.

 

EMBURY: Brigadier General, C.B., C.M.G. The Honourable John Fletcher Leopold, Judge of the King's Bench of Saskatchewan. Born November 10th, 1875, son of Allan and Frances R. Embury. Married Dora Williams, of Barrie, in 1904. Has one son and three daughters. Educated at Toronto University and Osgoode Hall, Toronto. Practised law at Regina. Served with distinction in the European war. O.C. 28th Battalion, 13th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Infantry Brigade, and was on the staff of the Imperial G. H. Q., 1914-1919. Mentioned in dispatches three times. Awarded the C.B. in 1919. C.M.G. in 1916. Returned to Canada and appointed to the King's Bench, 1918.

 

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